REVIEW: Jack in the Box Taco Nachos

As I’ve said many times before, I’m not a fan of Jack in the Box’s tacos because there’s not much filling in them and they’re greasier than a Best Buy employee trying to sell you the extended warranty, TV calibration and the overpriced HDMI Monster Cable to go with your new HDTV. Because of my feelings towards Jack in the Box’s tacos, I didn’t expect much from their new Taco Nachos.

The Jack in the Box Taco Nachos is made up of their regular beef nachos cut up into thirds, placed on a bed of shredded lettuce and topped with a cheddar cheese sauce, pepper jack cheese and pickled jalapeno slices with salsa and a plastic fork on the side.

As you can see in the picture above, it looks like the Jack in the Box tacos went partying with Tara Reid, then puked out most of its fillings and ended up lying in its own filth. As you can also see in the picture, the taco shells look soaked which means that they’re either oil sponges or they competed in a wet t-shirt contest while partying with Tara Reid.

If you like Jack in the Box tacos, the orange glow of melted cheddar cheese and jalapenos, you will like the Taco Nachos even though they look like a bastardized version of nachos. I may not enjoy Jack in the Box’s regular tacos, but I did somewhat enjoy the Taco Nachos thanks to the previously mentioned cheddar cheese sauce and jalapenos. Both of them added a lot of flavor to the dish and the jalapenos also gave it a little heat. There were enough jalapeno slices to provide one for each Taco Nacho piece.

At $1.99, the Jack in the Box Taco Nachos is a decent meal or snack. If it was priced at $2.49 or more, it wouldn’t be worth it, since Jack in the Box’s regular tacos are pretty much dirt cheap.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the Jack in the Box Taco Nachos, but I guess my heart has a place for radioactive orange cheddar cheese sauce and pickled jalapeno slices. If Jack in the Box’s regular tacos had on the inside what the Taco Nachos had on the outside, I might actually like them.

Item: Jack in the Box Taco NachosPrice: $1.99Purchased at: Jack in the BoxRating: 7 out of 10Pros: Surprisingly good. Cheddar cheese sauce and jalapenos make it tasty. Jalapenos provided a little heat. It’s worth $1.99. If you enjoy JITB tacos, you’ll like these. Comes with plastic fork.Cons: It’s not worth it if it’s more than $1.99. Looks like it puked out its filling. Oil soaked taco shells. Aggressive Best Buy salespeople.

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19 thoughts on “REVIEW: Jack in the Box Taco Nachos”

I don’t think they should be allowed to market this as Nachos. They should be required to use quotation marks as in…please come try our new “Nachos,” or mayb please come try our quasi-Nacho prodcut. Oh well, I’ve never been a fan of their tacos much anyhow.

Heh, you lasted a long time since your letter to Jack about his $2.99 Jumbo Deal.
Although the picture makes Taco Nachos look thoroughly disgusting, if you’re down for a J-I-B taco, it’s probably not so bad anyways.
I’d eat it, but still looks like they stole some of McD’s Big Mac lame lettuce to decorate the bottom.
Damn economy.

@Chuck – Well, I kind of think that the word in food in fast food should be quotes.

@Heidi – I ate the lettuce, but it didn’t wilt because it’s iceberg lettuce which it is the Great Wall of China of lettuces.

@Pomai – What can I say, I am attracted to ugly food.

@yr momz – I pity it every single day when I’m sitting on my throne.

@Danalyn – Seriously, you probably have the worst Jack in the Box ever. I hope yours offers curly fries because if they don’t they truly are the worst Jack in the Box ever.

@luckinflux – JITB tacos are also great when you feel sorry for someone holding a sign that says “Will work for food” so you buy a couple of tacos and give them to the poor person so that you will earn 10,000 karma points which can be redeemed 25 years from now.

@sevngang – I hope Disney doesn’t bring down my favorite fast food restaurant that starts with the word Jack and with the word Box.

@Joseph – yes, it’s the same menu item, but it’s not prepared with precision by a fast food stylist.

@Molly – I have eaten worse things.

@skibs – I ate nothing but twigs and berries since that letter so I decided to celebrate with these Taco Nachos.

@odessa – I think the lettuce is there to make sure none of the cheddar cheese sauce gets away.

oh man. taco nachos! so perfectly captures fast food’s penchant for combining two delicious items and making 1 disgusting as hell item. reminds me of an episode of full house where michelle combines tuna fish and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches because she likes both individually, so why not together? everything can be made a full house reference.

That looks really good. I just had another disgusting idea, which Jack in the Box should try to market after the nacho promotion: the Taco Jack. It’d basically be a Jumbo Jack with one or two tacos on top of the patty, but maybe they could add jalapenos and a spicy sauce.